The International Tornado World Championship 2005 Notice of Race and Entry Form are now available to download on the International Tornado Association website.

The 2005 Championship takes place from 12-18 June in La Rochelle, France and is being hosted by Société Régates Rochelaises.

Last year's Tornado World Championship in Palma de Mallorca, Spain was won by Argentinean, Santiago LANGE and Carlos ESPINOLA, with Olympic silver medallists, John LOVELL (USA) and Charlie OGLETREE in second place. Double Olympic gold medallist, Roman HAGARA (AUT) finished a distant ninth and will be looking to improve on that result this time round. 2003 World Champion Darren BUNDOCK took third place with crew John FORBES (AUS).

This year the competition looks set to be fierce with HAGARA sure to want to prove his ninth place last year was just a blip on his highly impressive record. At the same time he will be aiming to regain the top spot of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings he had held since December 2004, before LOVELL crept in above him at the last ranking release of the 30 March 2005. LANGE finished in third at the Olympics in Athens, behind HAGARA and LOVELL, and in defending his title he will be keen to prove he can still hold the upper hand over these two rivals and return to the number one spot in the ISAF World Sailing Rankings that he occupied for a couple of months last year.

Tom Burton (AUS) and Alison Young (GBR) hit the right note in the Laser and Laser Radial at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as they took out the top honours and qualification spots to the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final.

It was double Australian gold in the Paralympic classes. Matt Bugg (AUS) came out on top in the 2.4mR whilst London 2012 Paralympic SKUD18 gold medallists Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch (AUS) were triumphant in the two person keelboat.

Lithuania's Juozas Bernotas came out on top in the Men's RS:X whilst Russia's Stefania Elfutina was triumphant in the Women's RS:X. Both sailors claim the first Abu Dhabi ISAF Sailing World Cup Final spots whilst Jock Calvert (AUS) and Joanna Sterling (AUS) picked up the Oceanic spots for the Emirati finale.

There was some fast paced action in the 49er and 49erFX Medal Races at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS) and Maia & Ragna Agerup (NOR) claimed the honours and Abu Dhabi final spots.

A tight group of five young Papua New Guinean (PNG) Laser sailors are stepping up their 2015 Pacific Games competition program using this week's ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne. PNG is one of 33 countries represented at the important Oceanic event, the largest Olympic sailing regatta in the southern hemisphere.

Nicolai Sehested (DEN) and his TREFOR Match Racing Team clinched victory today at the Energa Sopot Match Race, Poland, the 10th stage and World Championship Event of the 2015 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT).

There was no stopping current, and five-time ISAF Match Racing World Champion Ian Williams (GBR), GAC Pindar today at the Energa Sopot Match Race as he swiftly dispatched his Quarter Final opponent Joachim Aschenbrenner (DEN) in three straight wins.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) continues to address concerns and is taking steps to ensure the health and safety of all athletes who will be competing in the upcoming Aquece Rio, Olympic Test Event and the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition.

Veteran Polish match racer and America's Cup helmsman Karol Jablonski skilfully played the gusty conditions today to lead the twelve strong field of teams at the end of Day 2 of Qualifying at the 2015 Energa Sopot Match Race.